ADRIAN — A project to improve the health of Lenawee County residents is on the way. But no one knows yet what it will be.

A Lenawee County team is one of 19 in the United States chosen this year for a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program aimed at impacting the health of a local area’s population, said Patricia Bourgeois, Lenawee County Health Department director.

The four-member team will receive training from the CDC and help in developing a one-year project focused on a problem area for county residents, she said.

“We’ll look at some of the areas we can improve the population health,” Bourgeois said.

The team is made up of Bourgeois and representatives of the Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority, ProMedica Bixby Hospital and Lenawee United Way.

“We don’t know what the projects will be yet,” Bourgeois said. She said she hopes a project will be developed and launched in the county within a few months.

“I’m hoping earlier than later,” she said.

According to the CDC, its National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health is based on selecting and training local teams to conduct projects to improve health in their communities.

“Training emphasizes development and implementing a project grounded in community priorities and evolving from team-based collaborative work to more robust systems change,” according to the CDC’s description of the program.